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...Rosalind Brewer has abruptly stepped down as chief executive of Walgreens Boots Alliance after two and a half years when the US-listed pharmacy group’s valuation halved and the group abandoned a planned...
...Walgreens Boots Alliance announced a $1bn cost-cutting plan last month as a new chief executive stepped in following the departure of former boss Rosalind Brewer....
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...Boots’s US parent Walgreens Boots Alliance enlisted Goldman Sachs to help put the business up for sale in December as the group focuses on healthcare in the US....
...Walgreens Boots Alliance fell more than 9 per cent by afternoon trading on Tuesday, while CVS Health, the largest pharmacy operator in the US, dropped 9 per cent and Rite Aid shed more than 16 per cent....
...By contrast, Walgreens has doubled down on its bricks and mortar presence. Following the Alliance Boots deal, it went on to snap up a portfolio of Rite Aid stores and distribution centres for $4.4bn....
...At the start of 2021, as the global pandemic reached a new high, AmerisourceBergen agreed a majority acquisition of Alliance Healthcare, the distribution business of Walgreens Boots Alliance, for $6.5bn....
...Mr Pessina said in the letter: “As its largest stockholder, I have a strong interest in ensuring a smooth transition to my successor and his or her future success....
...Rite Aid, a Walgreens competitor, also said on Tuesday that it would increase the age to purchase tobacco products to 21, “consistent with the company’s commitment to promoting responsible access to tobacco...
...Signs of improving pharmaceutical sales in the US during the third quarter and the continuation of its cost-cutting drive have given Walgreens Boots Alliance enough confidence to stick with its full-year...
...Walgreens Boots Alliance had originally sought to buy its smaller rival for $17.2bn, including debt, in October 2015....
...Overall sales rose 4.5 per cent to $34.5bn in the three months to end of February, largely because of the addition of 1,651 Rite Aid stores it bought last year....
...The remarks came as Walgreens reported a 9.9 per cent year-on-year increase to $33.79bn in sales for the quarter ended on November 30, aided by its 2017 decision to buy nearly half of rival Rite Aid’s stores...
...Albertsons had agreed in February to buy the parts of Rite Aid that had not already been sold to Walgreens Boots Alliance, in a deal valued at $5.6bn....
...Walgreens Boots Alliance unveiled a $10bn share buyback and raised its quarterly dividend by 10 per cent as it beat Wall Street expectations for quarterly earnings....
...Albertsons had agreed in February to buy the parts of Rite Aid that had not already been sold to Walgreens Boots Alliance....
...Following the report from CNBC, drugstore chains performed thus: • Walgreens Boots Alliance was up 5.5 per cent • CVS was up 6.9 per cent • Rite Aid was up 5.95 per cent Among pharmaceutical wholesalers...
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...In 2015, the distant third-largest US pharmacy announced a sale to Walgreens Boots Alliance at $9 a share....
...Rite Aid’s chief executive John Standley is stepping down after nine years at the helm and two failed merger attempts....
...Rite Aid shares fell in early trade after the US drug store chain said same-store sales declined in its second quarter and as the company reported a profit thanks to the terminate fee paid by Walgreens over...
...Walgreens Boots Alliance on Tuesday finally clinched US regulatory approval for its revised plans to buy nearly half of Rite Aid’s stores, following nearly two years of government review....
...and chief executive of Walgreens Boots Alliance....
...H&M shares hit as sales woe continues Wednesday Walgreens Walgreens Boots Alliance posts second-quarter earnings to a backdrop of big shifts in the US pharmacy and drug distribution industry....
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